Weekend College Hoops Slate: Jan 24th-26th
College football is over and the NFL is winding down, but the hardwood is red hot!
Friday Night Through Sunday Slate:
The weekend slate is beyond stacked, starting tonight with a Big Ten showdown in West Lafayette between Purdue and Michigan. Then on Sunday, top-ranked Auburn, who is without star Johni Broome, hosts a fierce Tennessee squad ranked 6th in the nation. You can see the full slate of games below. I have updated the “Excitement Index” so it now accounts for the quality of teams in the game, giving more weight to matchups with better teams — by ELO — rather than just spread and location alone.
Friday:
(21) Michigan at (11) Purdue (Purdue -3.7, 63% win probability)
Saturday:
(7) Houston at (12) Kansas (Kansas -0.6, 52% win probability)
(13) Texas A&M at Texas (Texas A&M -0.7, 53% win probability)
(16) Ole Miss at (22) Missouri (Ole Miss -0.6, 52% win probability)
(23) West Virginia at Kansas State (Kansas State -0.1, 50% win probability)
Sunday
(6) Tennessee at (1) Auburn (Auburn -5.5, 69% win prob)
(19) UConn at Xavier (UConn -2.4, 59% win prob)
San Diego State at Nevada (Nevada -0.8, 53% win prob)
Cincinnati at BYU (BYU -2.1, 58% win prob)
*AP ranking in parentheses
Updated College Basketball Elo Ratings
A little bit of movement in just the week since we last updated rankings. Auburn, Duke, and Houston remain the top three, but Louisville has surged into the top-25 while Illinois clings on after falling seven spots.
Biggest Risers*
Jacksonville State (+27 spots)
Bryant (+26 spots)
Campbell (+26 spots)
California (+23 spots)
Honorable mention:
Texas Tech (+6 - up to 15th)
Louisville (+5 - up to 23rd)
Biggest Fallers*
Miami (FL) (-30 spots)
Sam Houston St. (-28 spots)
Boston U. (-28 spots)
Radford (-27 spots)
Honorable mention:
UConn (-5 - down to 14th)
Illinois (-7 - down to 25th)
Indiana (-9 - down to 44th)
*Since the January 17th
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